Serial Killers Fast Facts - CNN.com Serial Killers Fast Facts CNN Library Updated 6:36 PM ET, Sat August 13, 2016 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. Photos: Infamous serial killers John Wayne Gacy killed 33 men and boys between 1972 and 1978. Many of his victims, mostly drifters and runaways, were buried in a crawlspace beneath his suburban Chicago home. Here's a look at some other notorious convicted serial killers. Hide Caption 1 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Jeffery Dahmer was sentenced to 15 consecutive life terms for the murders of 17 men and boys in the Milwaukee area between 1978 and 1991. Dahmer had sex with the corpses of his victims and kept the body parts of others, some of which he ate. Dahmer and another prison inmate were beaten to death during a work detail in November 1994.

Hide Caption 2 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Law enforcement officers meet in San Francisco in 1969 to compare notes on the Zodiac Killer, who is believed to have killed five people in 1968 and 1969. The killer gained notoriety by writing several letters to police boasting of the slayings. He claimed to have killed as many as 37 people and has never been caught. Hide Caption 3 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Authorities said DNA recovered from the body of Mary Sullivan matches that of her suspected killer, the confessed Boston Strangler, Albert DeSalvo. After a sample was secretly collected from a relative, DeSalvo's body was exhumed in July 2013 for more DNA testing. From mid-1962 to early 1964, the Boston Strangler killed at least 13 women. DeSalvo was stabbed to death in 1973 while serving a prison sentence for rape.

Hide Caption 4 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Ed Gein killed at least two women and dug up the corpses of several others from a cemetery in Wisconsin, using their skin and body parts to make clothing and household objects in the 1950s. Hide Caption 5 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers In 1973, Juan Corona, a California farm laborer, was sentenced to 25 consecutive life sentences for the murders of 25 people found hacked to death in shallow graves. Hide Caption 6 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Joseph Paul Franklin was convicted in 1997 of murdering Gerald Gordon outside a St. Louis synagogue in 1977. Franklin was also convicted of at least five other murders, receiving a string of life sentences, but he suggested that he was responsible for 22 murders. He was best known for shooting Hustler publisher Larry Flynt, who was paralyzed from the attack. Franklin was executed in November 2013.

Hide Caption 7 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers In 1977, David Berkowitz, also known as Son of Sam, confessed to the murders of six people in New York City. Berkowitz, now serving six consecutive 25-to-life sentences, claimed that a demon spoke to him through a neighbor's dog. Hide Caption 8 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Cousins Kenneth Bianchi, seen here, and Angelo Buono were charged with the murders of nine women between 1977 and 1978. Also known as the Hillside Stranglers, the cousins sexually assaulted and sometimes tortured their victims, leaving their bodies on roadsides in the hills of Southern California. Hide Caption 9 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Wayne Williams killed at least two men between 1979 and 1981, and police believed he might have been responsible for more than 20 other deaths in the Atlanta area. Williams was convicted and sentenced to two life terms in 1982.

Hide Caption 10 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers After serving 15 years for murdering his mother, Henry Lee Lucas was convicted in 1985 in nine more murders. Lucas was the only inmate spared from execution by Texas Gov. George W. Bush. Hide Caption 11 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Richard Ramirez, also known as the Night Stalker, was convicted of 13 murders and sentenced to death in California in 1989. The self-proclaimed devil worshiper found his victims in quiet neighborhoods and entered their homes through unlocked windows and doors. Hide Caption 12 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers During a routine traffic stop, a police officer found a dead U.S. Marine in the front seat of a car driven by Randy Steven Kraft. Kraft was linked to 45 murders and sentenced to death in 1989. He would pick up hitchhikers, give them drugs and alcohol, sexually assault them and then mutilate and strangle them.

Hide Caption 13 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Ted Bundy raped and killed at least 16 young women in the early to mid-1970s before he was executed in 1989. A crowd of several hundred gathered outside the prison where he was executed, and they cheered at the news of his death. Hide Caption 14 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Joel David Rifkin was stopped by police for driving without a license plate when a body was found in his pickup. Rifkin killed 17 women in New York between 1991 and 1993 and was sentenced to life in prison. Hide Caption 15 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Charles Ng, seen here, and accomplice Leonard Lake tortured, killed and buried 11 people in northern California between 1984 and 1985. After the men were arrested for shoplifting, police found bullets and a silencer in their car and took them into the police station for questioning. Lake killed himself there with a cyanide pill. Ng was later sentenced to death.

Hide Caption 16 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Robert Lee Yates Jr. killed 15 people, most of them between 1996 and 1998. He buried one of them in a flower bed by his house in the Spokane, Washington, area. Most of his victims were prostitutes or drug addicts he killed in his van. He is on Washington's death row. Hide Caption 17 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Gary Leon Ridgway, also known as the Green River Killer, confessed to 48 killings after his DNA was linked to a few of his victims. Remains of his victims, mostly runaways and prostitutes, turned up in ravines, rivers, airports and freeways in the Pacific Northwest. Hide Caption 18 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Aileen Wuornos was executed in Florida in 2002 for the murders of seven men whom she had lured by posing as a prostitute or a distressed traveler.

Hide Caption 19 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Derrick Todd Lee was accused of raping and killing six women in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, between 2001 and 2003. He was arrested in Atlanta for the murder of Charlotte Murray Pace, convicted in 2004 and sentenced to death. Hide Caption 20 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Danny Rolling pleaded guilty to the 1990 murders of five students he raped, tortured and mutilated in Gainesville, Florida. Rolling was also found responsible for a 1991 triple homicide in Shreveport, Louisiana, and was executed in 2006. Hide Caption 21 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Angel Maturino Resendez, also known as the Railway Killer, was a drifter from Mexico. During the 1990s, he would rob and kill his victims near railroad tracks on both sides of the border and then hop rail cars to escape. Resendez was executed in 2006.

Hide Caption 22 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Pig farmer Robert Pickton was charged with 26 counts of murder after police found the bodies of young women on his farm in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. He was convicted of six murders in 2007, and he is serving a life sentence. Hide Caption 23 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers The BTK Strangler, Dennis Rader, killed 10 people between 1977 and 1991 in the Wichita, Kansas, area. He was sentenced to 10 consecutive life terms in 2005. Rader named himself BTK, short for "bind, torture, kill." Hide Caption 24 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Police found the decomposing and buried bodies of 10 women and the skull of another woman at the Cleveland home of ex-Marine Anthony Sowell. He was convicted and given the death penalty in 2011.

Hide Caption 25 of 26 Photos: Infamous serial killers Chester Dewayne Turner was sentenced to death for murdering 14 women and one victim's unborn fetus in the Los Angeles area between 1987 and 1998. Turner was later convicted and sentenced to death for four more murders. Hide Caption 26 of 26 (CNN) Here's a selected list of people convicted of being serial killers and a short list of famous, unsolved serial killings. David Berkowitz, aka Son of Sam Killed six people and wounded seven others in New York City between 1976 and 1977. Most of the victims were young women or couples in cars on secluded streets. Claimed a demon spoke to him through a neighbor's dog. Called himself the "Son of Sam" in letters he wrote to newspaper columnist Jimmy Breslin. Read More He once worked as an auxiliary policeman in the Bronx. He confessed to the murders in 1977 and is serving six consecutive 25-years-to-life sentences. Raped and killed at least 16 young women in the early to mid-1970s.

Convicted of three Florida slayings, including that of a 12-year-old girl. Later confessed to killing more than 30 women and girls. Was a Boy Scout and then a law student. He escaped from jail in Colorado twice while on trial for murder. He headed to Florida, where he was eventually caught and tried for three other murders. Would lure young women to his car, and then beat them to death. During his nationally televised trial in Florida, he represented himself. He was executed January 24, 1989 after a long legal battle to keep him alive. A crowd of several hundred gathered outside the prison where he was executed, and they cheered at the news of his death. Blood stored as part of his case file was entered into the FBI's DNA database with hopes of linking Bundy to cold cases from as early as 1961. Angelo Buono Jr. and Kenneth A. Bianchi, aka the Hillside Stranglers Murdered nine women in California between 1977 and 1978. Buono and Bianchi were cousins. The victims were sexually assaulted and sometimes tortured. Their naked bodies were left by the side of various roads in the hills of southern California.

A suspect in a rape and strangulation case in Washington state, Bianchi implicated his cousin in the California cases. Bianchi pled guilty to five murders. Buono was convicted of killing all nine victims. He died in September 21, 2002, at Calipatria State Prison in California. Bianchi is serving five life terms in prison. Juan Corona Murdered 25 farm laborers in California in 1971. Most of the victims had been stabbed to death and then buried in orchards. Some were never identified. Corona had worked as a labor contractor, providing farm laborers to orchards and farms. In 1973, Corona was convicted and was sentenced to serve 25 consecutive life sentences. Jeffrey Dahmer Killed 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991 in the Milwaukee area. Dahmer had sex with the corpses of his victims, kept body parts of others, and ate the body parts of some. Sentenced to 15 consecutive life terms. He was killed in prison on November 28, 1994.

Lonnie David Franklin, Jr., aka the Grim Sleeper Convicted of killing nine women and a teenage girl between 1985 and 2007 in south Los Angeles. Was nicknamed the "Grim Sleeper" due to the 13-year gap between slayings originally attributed to him. Investigators suspect Franklin is linked to additional murders. Franklin was found guilty on 10 counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder on May 5, 2016. John Wayne Gacy Killed 33 young men and boys between 1972 and 1978. Many of his victims were drifters or runaways. Police suspected Gacy might have killed more than were discovered. Most of the victims were buried in a crawl space beneath Gacy's house in suburban Chicago. Before he was arrested, he had been active in the Democratic Party and had dressed as a clown to entertain children at parties. While on death row, he took up painting. His paintings of clowns sold for between $200 and $20,000 dollars. He was executed on May 10, 1994.

Ed Gein Killed at least two women in the 1950s in a small town in Wisconsin. Dug up the corpses of several other women in the local cemetery to use their skin and body parts to make clothing and household objects. Inspired multiple movies, including "Psycho," "Texas Chain Saw Massacre" and "The Silence of the Lambs." Declared unfit to stand trial and sent to a mental institution. Died in 1984, at the age of 77. Randy Steven Kraft Murdered dozens of young men between 1972 and 1983. Prosecutors linked him to 45 murders, but a "death list" created by Kraft claimed 61 killings. It is believed he may have killed up to 65. Kraft picked up hitchhikers, gave them drugs and alcohol, sexually assaulted them, then mutilated and strangled them. On May 14, 1983, Kraft was arrested by California Highway Patrol, who stopped him for weaving across a lane on the interstate. The CHP found a dead Marine in the front seat of Kraft's car. Convicted in 1989 and sentenced to death.

Accused of raping and killing six women in or around Baton Rouge, Louisiana, between September 2001 and March 2003. Police say all six murders are linked by DNA evidence. Arrested in Atlanta on May 27, 2003. He was indicted on June 25, 2003, for the May 2002 murder of Charlotte Murray Pace. He had a record for being a stalker and a peeping tom. His victims are believed to include Gina Wilson Green, Charlotte Murray Pace, Pam Kinamore, Trineisha Dene Colomb, Geralyn DeSoto, and Carrie Lynn Yoder. Convicted in 2004 and sentenced to death. Killed several people between 1975 and 1983. Confessed to 600 murders but later recanted and claimed he had killed only three people. The exact number of murders he committed may never be known. Convicted of murdering his mother in 1960 and served 15 years. Convicted of nine murders in 1985. Lost an eye in childhood in a fight.

He was the only inmate ever spared from execution by then Texas Governor George W. Bush. Bush claimed doubts about Lucas' guilt in the case for which he was to be executed. Died in prison on March 11, 2001. Killed 11 people in northern California between 1984 and 1985. Tortured, killed and buried the victims in their hideaway in Wilseyville, California. Arrested for shoplifting in San Francisco. Police found bullets and a silencer in their car. Lake killed himself with a cyanide pill at a police station. Ng fled to Canada but was captured and extradited to the United States. He was later found guilty of 11 murders in 1999 and sentenced to death. Robert Pickton In 2002 Pickton was charged with 26 counts of murder after police found the bodies of young women on his Port Coquitman, British Columbia, pig farm. His trial centered on six victims. Pickton was sentenced to six concurrent life sentences with no possibility of parole for 25 years. Killed 13 people in southern California in 1984 and 1985.

A self-proclaimed devil worshipper, from El Paso, Texas. Found his victims in quiet neighborhoods near freeways, and entered victims' houses through unlocked windows and doors. After he was tied to the case through fingerprints, his photo was released. Citizens in East Los Angeles captured him. Convicted of 13 murders and sentenced to death in 1989. Died in 2013, at age 53, of natural causes. Wichita, Kansas serial killer active from 1977 through 1991, killed 10 people. Named himself BTK - "bind, torture, kill" Contacted the media to take responsibility for several murders and sent a poem about woman he waited to kill, but she didn't come home. Was arrested in 2005 on eight counts of first degree-murder and two other homicide charges. Changed his plea from not guilty to guilty and waived his right to a jury trial. Sentenced to 10 consecutive life terms with the possibility of parole after at least 40 years.

Angel Maturino Resendez, aka Rafael Resendez Ramirez, aka the Railway Killer or Boxcar Killer Committed at least nine murders in Texas, Illinois and Kentucky between 1997 and 1999. Robbed and killed his victims by railroad tracks, then would hop rail cars to escape. Resendez, a drifter from Mexico, was in the custody of the border patrol but was let go. He killed four more people after being let go. Convicted in the assault and murder of a female victim in Texas. Sentenced to death in 1999. On June 27, 2006 Resendez was executed. Killed at least 48 women in the Seattle-Tacoma area between 1982 and 1998. Ridgway targeted runaways and prostitutes. The first victims turned up near the banks of the Green River south of Seattle. The remains of dozens of women turned up near Pacific Northwest ravines, rivers, airports and freeways in the 1980s. Investigators officially listed 49 women as probable victims of the Green River Killer. He was arrested in 2001, after DNA linked him to three victims.

Confessed to 42 of the 49 listed killings, plus six not on the list. In 2011 Ridgway pleaded guilty to a 49th murder as part of a deal to avoid receiving the death penalty. Joel David Rifkin Killed 17 women in New York City between 1991 and 1993. All of the victims were prostitutes. Was stopped by police for driving without a license plate. Police found a body in his pickup truck. Convicted in 1994 and sentenced to life in prison. Killed four women and one man in Gainesville, Florida, over four days in August 1990. Also is responsible for a 1991 triple homicide in Shreveport, Louisiana. In Gainesville, all five victims were students, and four were students at the University of Florida. Rolling raped, tortured and mutilated some of his victims, decapitating one. Rolling was arrested for armed robbery in Ocala, Florida and a triple-homicide in Shreveport. Evidence, including DNA, later linked Rolling to all the murders.

Pled guilty to the murders on the first day of his trial in 1991. On October 25, 2006 Rolling was executed. Police found the decomposing and buried bodies of 10 women and the skull of one at the Cleveland home of Anthony Sowell in 2009. The women were strangled to death from 2007 through 2009. In 2011 Sowell was found guilty on 82 of the 83 counts against him and acquitted of one - aggravated robbery of the surviving victim Gladys Wade. He is sentenced to death. Chester Dewayne Turner Charged with murdering 10 women and one unborn fetus in south and downtown Los Angeles over an 11-year period between 1987 and 1998. Was identified as a suspect in 2002 after a DNA test was taken upon his rape conviction. The DNA test also led to the release of a man who had been convicted of three of the murders. In 2007 Turner was sentenced to death for the murders. In 2011 Turner was charged with four more murders, linked to him by DNA.

Wayne Williams Killed at least two men in the Atlanta area between 1979 and 1981. Police believed he might have been responsible for more than 20 other deaths in the Atlanta area. Was a music promoter and freelance TV cameraman at the time. Several of the bodies were found in the Chattahoochee River. Williams became a suspect after police saw him on a bridge they had been staking out. Williams was linked to several victims by fibers and hairs found in house. He was linked to other victims by witnesses. Some of the victims' parents did not believe Williams was guilty. Others thought the Ku Klux Klan might have been behind the killings. Was convicted and sentenced to two life terms in 1982. Killed seven men between 1989 and 1990 in Florida. The body of the seventh was never found. Lured her male victims by posing as a prostitute or a traveler in distress. Claimed to be a prostitute working freeway exits and back roads of Florida. A drug addict and alcoholic, she stole to support herself. Has been the subject of three movies, an opera, and several books.

Voluntarily ended her appeals, saying she wanted to end a life of violence. Wuornos was executed on October 9, 2002. Robert Lee Yates, Jr. Killed 15 people between 1975 and 1998 in the Spokane, Washington, area. Most of his victims were prostitutes or drug addicts. Killed most of the victims in his van. Buried one victim in the flowerbed by his house. In 2002, Yates confessed, in a plea agreement, to 13 of the killings and was sentenced to life in prison. Was tried and convicted for the other two killings and sentenced to death. Unsolved Cases: Boston Strangler Eleven women were raped and strangled in Boston between 1962 and 1964. Alberto DeSalvo confessed to the 11 Boston Strangler killings, plus two additional murders but was never convicted of them. He later died in prison. F. Lee Bailey was DeSalvo's lawyer. Some critics charge DeSalvo got some of the details he confessed from news reports or police. One book argues that the Boston Strangler was actually six different killers.

Jack the Ripper From August to November 1888, five prostitutes were killed in London. A knife had been used to slash their throats and cut their bodies. A letter sent to the police was signed "From Hell." The case continues to inspire movies and books. The Zodiac Killer The Zodiac Killer is believed to have killed 5 people in northern California in 1968 and 1969. Has never been caught. The killer wrote several letters to the police, boasting of the murders. Some of the letters contained swatches of bloody clothing to verify the killer's claims. He/she claimed to have killed as many as 37 people. serial killer - John Wayne Gacy Serial Killer Documentary - YouTube serial killer - John Wayne Gacy Serial Killer Documentary Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jan 24, 2014 John Wayne Gacy, Jr.

(March 17, 1942 -- May 10, 1994) was an American serial killer and rapist, also known as the Killer Clown, who was convicted of the sexual assault and murder of a minimum of 33 teenage boys and young men in a series of killings committed between 1972 and 1978 in Chicago, Illinois. All of Gacy's known murders were committed inside his Norwood Park Township home; his victims would typically be lured to this address by force or deception and all but one victim were murdered by either asphyxiation or strangulation with a tourniquet (his first victim was stabbed to death). Gacy buried 26 of his victims in the crawl space of his home; three further victims were buried elsewhere on his property, while the bodies of his last four known victims were discarded in the Des Plaines River. Convicted of 33 murders, Gacy was sentenced to death for 12 of these killings on March 13, 1980.

He spent 14 years on death row before he was executed by lethal injection at Stateville Correctional Center on May 10, 1994. Gacy became known as the "Killer Clown" due to his charitable services at fundraising events, parades and children's parties where he would dress as "Pogo the Clown", a character he devised himself. Category John Wayne Gacy - Killer Clown - SerialKillers.Club SerialKillers.Club John Wayne Gacy – Killer Clown 895 I don't like John Wayne Gacy, Jr. was an American serial killer and rapist, also known as the Killer Clown, who was convicted of the sexual assault and murder of a minimum of 33 teenage boys and young men in a series of killings committed between 1972 and 1978 in Chicago, Illinois. All of Gacy’s known murders were committed inside his Norwood Park Township home; his victims would typically be lured to this address by force or deception and all but one victim was murdered by either asphyxiation or strangulation with a tourniquet.

Gacy buried 26 of his victims in the crawl space of his home; three further victims were buried elsewhere on his property, while the bodies of his last four known victims were discarded in the Des Plaines River. Share : Worst Serial Killers Ever: 10 Horrifying Serial Killers - ODDEE 10 Horrifying Serial Killers Tweet A serial killer is defined as someone who kills three or more people over a long period of time. They are usually male and possess a "mask of sanity," which means that on the surface, they appear to be normal law-abiding citizens with a pleasant demeanor. However, beneath their facade serial killers are sociopaths who lack the capability to empathize with the suffering of their victims. Read on to learn about ten of the scariest serial killers ever captured! 1 John Wayne Gacy John Wayne Gacy, also known as "The Killer Clown," was a husband and father, but he was also a repeated sex offender who victimized countless people during his lifetime.

He was caught sexually assaulting two teenage boys in 1968 and sentenced to 10 years in jail, but due to his exemplary behavior as an inmate he was released on parole after serving just 18 months. Once he was released from jail, Gacy briefly remarried (they divorced when she discovered that he was secretly gay) and became a popular and jovial member of society. He enjoyed dressing up as "Pogo the Clown" and volunteering at children's parties, parades, and other community gatherings. He was a respected businessman and well-liked by his neighbors. During the six years between the time he got out of jail and when he was finally arrested again for suspicion of kidnapping, Gacy murdered an astounding 33 young men. He buried most of the bodies in the crawl space of his house, in his yard, and later (when he started to run out of space), he dumped them in a nearby river. He would lure hitchhikers, male prostitutes, and other young men and boys into his car or his home, then torture, rape, and murder them. After he was arrested and the police found the bones in his basement, Gacy issued a full confession and was executed in 1994.

( Source | Photo ) 2 Jeffrey Dahmer Jeffrey Dahmer is one of the scariest serial killers in U.S. history. Over the course of thirteen years, Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys; worse yet, his murders involved rape, dismemberment, necrophilia and cannibalism. Despite the fact that several of Dahmer's victims managed to escape, he was not caught until one victim ran into the street and flagged down a police car. Once inside his apartment, police made a series of disturbing discoveries; Dahmer had been trying to create a "mindless sex slave" by drilling into the skulls of his still-living victims. When they died, Dahmer would perform grotesque acts on the bodies, including sexual assault and in some cases, eating pieces of them. Dahmer was eventually brought to justice, and on November 28, 1994 he was beaten to death by a fellow inmate at the Columbia Correctional Institution, where he had been incarcerated. ( Source | Photo ) 3 Ted Bundy Ted Bundy was a good-looking guy, and seemed very friendly and charismatic.

However, behind his handsome face lurked the twisted mind of a serial killer, and between the years of 1974 and 1978 Bundy kidnapped and murdered 30 young women in the U.S. Those were just the women we know of; experts agree that he could have been responsible for up to forty disappearances and murders to which he didn't confess. To lure in his victims, Bundy would often pretend to be disabled or would pose as an authority figure. Other times, he would simply break into his victim's homes and bludgeon them to death as they slept. After killing them, he would rape, torture, and dismember them, often keeping souvenirs (like their heads) in his apartments for months at a time. After a thrilling police chase, Bundy was finally arrested and brought to justice in 1979 and was killed in the electric chair in January 1989, in Starke, Florida. ( Source | Photo ) 4 Gary Ridgway Known as the "Green River Killer," Gary Ridgway strangled at least 71 women in Washington state during the 1980's and 90's.

His first five victims were discovered in the Green River, which is how he earned his nickname. He was finally arrested after DNA evidence linked him to several missing women, and he took a plea bargain to avoid the death penalty. In exchange, Ridgway agreed to disclose the location of all of his victim's bodies. Ridgway would pick up prostitutes and runaways, earn their trust by showing them a photo of his son, and then strangle them either with his bare hands or with ligatures. He would often return to the bodies to have sex with them or arrange them in various poses. Despite having an IQ of only 82, Ridgway managed to avoid being caught for over a decade until he was finally caught in November of 2001. Ridgway is still alive and serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole in Washington state. 5 Ed Gein Though Ed Gein only confessed to two murders and does not fit the typical definition of "serial killer," his horrific acts have made him the inspiration for countless horror stories, including Norman Bates from Psycho, Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Jame Gumb from The Silence of the Lambs. Ed Gein lived in Wisconsin with his mother and brother.

He was suspected of murdering his brother, but police could not prove it. After his mother died, Gein began visiting the local cemeteries, digging up bodies of middle aged women who he thought resembled his mother, and assembling a "woman suit" out of their skin. He eventually killed two local women, and when police came to his home to investigate they found body parts everywhere. Police discovered human noses, vulvae, skulls made into bowls, skin masks, human heads in sacks, lamps and chairs upholstered in human flesh, organs in the refrigerator, and a belt made of human nipples. Gein was arrested in 1957 and spent the rest of his life in a mental hospital after being ruled criminally insane. He died of heart failure and cancer in 1984 at the age of 77. ( Source | Photo ) 6 Henry Lee Lucas Once listed as America's most prolific serial killer, Henry Lee Lucas killed at least 350 people over the course of twenty years, though he confessed that he was involved in up to 600 murders. Lucas was the inspiration for the movie Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer.

After murdering his own mother, Lucas spent 10 years in jail but was eventually released due to overcrowding. Once he got out, he became a drifter in the southern states of the U.S., making friends with Ottis Toole, a man who would become his accomplice in over 108 murders and other crimes. In 2001, Lucas died in prison of natural causes at the age of 66. 7 Aileen Wuornos One of the few female serial killers on record, Aileen Wuornos was a prostitute who murdered at least seven men between 1989 and 1990. Actress Charlize Theron won a Best Actress Academy Award for her portrayal of Wuornos in the movie Monster. Wuornos lived a life of abuse and neglect, having a baby at age 15 (who was put up for adoption) and engaging in an incestuous relationship with her brother. She was briefly married and spent time in jail for petty robberies and assault. Eventually she fell in love with a woman and supported them both by turning tricks as a prostitute.

During her years of prostitution Wuornos shot and killed seven men who she claimed were trying to harm her during their sex sessions. Wuornos was arrested in 1991 and confessed to the murders three days later. She was killed by lethal injection in 2002. ( Source | Photo ) 8 Richard Trenton Chase Nicknamed "The Vampire of Sacramento," Richard Trenton Chase was most famous for drinking the blood of his victims and eating parts of their bodies. He killed six people over the course of one month in northern California in 1977. Chase spent time in a mental hospital after being caught capturing small animals and devouring them raw, sometimes blending the corpses with Coca Cola in a blender to make a milkshake. After being treated with anti-psychotic medications he was released, and that's when he started killing humans. Chase murdered six people, including two children, and engaged in sex with their bodies after he murdered them. He would also drink and bathe in their blood and eat their internal organs. Chase was finally caught in 1979 after murdering an entire family.

His defense tried to get him a lesser charge due to his history of insanity, but a jury found him guilty and he was sentenced to death by the gas chamber. Chase then killed himself in jail in 1980 by saving up his prescription antidepressent medicine and taking a lethal overdose in his cell. 9 Andrei Chikatilo Ukranian-born Soviet killer Andrei Chikatilo was nicknamed the "Butcher of Rostov," "The Red Ripper" or "The Rostov Ripper." He killed at least 52 women and children between 1978 and 1990 and was convicted in 1992 and executed in 1994. Chikatilo first killed a 9 year old girl in 1979, and during the experience he discovered that he could only achieve sexual satisfaction by stabbing and slashing women and children to death. Chikatilo was in and out of jail and suspected of crimes for many years, but there was never enough evidence to put him away for good. Finally, in a well-orchestrated police snare, Chikatilo was caught in 1990 and eventually confessed to killing 36 people.

He was charged with killing 53 women and children between 1978 and 1990 and was convicted of 52 murders in 1992. In 1994 he was executed by a single gun shot wound behind the right ear. ( Source | Photo ) 10 Dennis Rader Between 1974 and 1991, Dennis Rader killed at least ten people in the Wichita, Kansas area. Rader was known as the BTK Killer, which stands for "bind, torture, kill." Rader also sent notes to local authorities and media outlets describing the killing process, taunting them for not catching him. It was these letters that lead to his eventual capture in 2005. After Rader kidnapped his victims he would bind them and strangle them until they passed out. Then he'd let them wake up and do it again, repeating the near-death experience and getting sexual gratification from it. He would eventually strangle the victim to death and masturbate into an article of their clothing. Rader was caught because police were able to extract a deleted file from a floppy disk the killer had sent them.

On the disk was information about Rader's church, an organization of which he was an active member. It was DNA evidence that eventually busted Rader, and he later confessed to the crimes. He was convicted of 10 counts of murder in 2005. He is still in jail serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. ( Source | Photo ) From the Web Serial Killer Gacy: John Wayne Gacy - Hell Horror AKA(s): The Killer Clown Birth Name: John Wayne Gacy, Jr. John Wayne Gacy liked to dress in a homemade Pogo the Clown outfit to entertain kids. Gacy was thought of as a generous, hard-working, charismatic man who was devoted to both his family and community. As is true with many serial killers, other than his victims, few witnessed the evil within. In the end, he became known as a "killer clown" due to the time he donated to charitable services at fundraising events, children"s parties and parades where he would dress in the character costume he devised himself. A true serial killer, Gacy was a lonely and sad**tic contractor who liked to entertain young boys privately in a sick and twisted way.

The final count for his viciousness came in at 33 teenage boys and young men he viciously tortured, raped and murdered between the years 1972 and 1978. Serial Killer Gacy"s Modus Operandi An original in style and organized killer, he had all aspects of the murder worked out before each kill with many measures of precaution. Once he began his murderous fantasy, there was no turning back for this Devil. Gacy told police he would often lure young boys into his car by promising them sex or grabbing them by force, covering their face with the chloroform-soaked rag until they passed out. To subdue their screams when they awoke, he would stuff their mouths with clothing. He took unusual joy in handcuffing his victims, sodomizing them, beating them to a pulp, offering to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, reciting verses from the Bible and strangling them to death, often keeping their bodies with him until they were badly decomposed. Serial Killer Gacy"s Capture On November 11, 1978, the Chicago Tribune reported police, acting on a tip from a former detective, were searching for human remains in a parking lot behind Gacy"s mother"s house.

Authorities believe there could be as many as four bodies buried 3 1/2 feet deep. In 1978, Chicago police finally tracked down John Wayne Gacy and made a gruesome discovery. Twenty-six bodies were found buried in the crawl space underneath his house. When he ran out of room there, he buried three others on his property and reportedly disposed of the others in a nearby river. Serial killer Gacy"s wife, family and the many party guests to their home often complained of the stench coming from the basement. Gacy would explain it away as dead rats and somehow kept his alter ego a secret. As a prisoner, Johnny Boy started painting mostly colorful clown pictures, which have been shown in galleries nationwide. John Wayne Gacy, Killer Clown, was found guilty on March 13, 1980, and executed by lethal injection in 1994. Former Detective Bill Dorsch, now a private investigator, told prosecutors of a night in 1975 when he found Gacy holding a dirty shovel next to the alley where the new search was proposed. "I stopped and said, "John, what are you doing out here at this time of night with a shovel?"" Dorsch said.

Gacy replied: "Well, with all the kind of work I do, there just isn"t enough time in the day.

So here I am." Gacy Victims Timothy McCoy (16) January 3, 1972 John Butkovitch (17) July 29, 1975 Darrell Sampson (18) April 6, 1976 Randall Reffett (15) May 14, 1976 Samuel Stapleton (14) May 14, 1976 Michael Bonnin (17) June 3, 1976 William Carroll (16) June 13, 1976 Rick Johnston (17) August 6, 1976 Kenneth Parker (16) October 24, 1976 William Bundy (19) October 26, 1976 Gregory Godzik (17) December 12, 1976 John Szyc (19) January 20, 1977 Jon Prestidge (20) March 15, 1977 Matthew Bowman (19) July 5, 1977 Robert Gilroy (18) September 15, 1977 John

 Mowery (19) September 25, 1977 Russell Nelson (21) October 17, 1977 Robert Winch (16) November 10, 1977 Tommy Boling (20) November 18, 1977 David Talsma (19) December 9, 1977 William Kindred (19) February 16, 1978 Timothy O"Rourke (20) June 16-23, 1978 Frank Landingin (19) November 4, 1978 James Mazzara (21) November 24, 1978 Robert Piest (15) December 11, 1978 Suspected Misidentified Victim Michael Marino (14) October 24, 1976 Unidentified Victims January 1974.

Body 28. Backyard. Male aged 14-18. June 13 - August 6, 1976. Body 26. Crawl space. Male aged 22-30. June 13 - August 6, 1976. Body 24. Crawl space. Male aged 15-19. August 6 - October 5, 1976. Body 13. Crawl space. Male aged 17-21. August 6 - October 24, 1976. Body 21. Crawl space. Male aged 21-27. December 1976 - March 15, 1977. Body 5. Crawl space. Male aged 22-32. March 15 - July 5, 1977. Body 10. Crawl space. Male aged 17-21.

Famous Killers: John Wayne Gacy Sociopath Series: John Wayne Gacy (Pogo the killer clown) - YouTube Sociopath Series: John Wayne Gacy (Pogo the killer clown) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Apr 27, 2014 John Wayne Gacy, Jr.

(March 17, 1942 -- May 10, 1994) was an American serial killer and rapist, also known as the Killer Clown, who was convicted of the sexual assault and murder of a minimum of 33 teenage boys and young men in a series of killings committed between 1972 and 1978 in Chicago, Illinois All of Gacy's known murders were committed inside his Norwood Park Township home; his victims would typically be lured to this address by force or deception and all but one victim were murdered by either asphyxiation or strangulation with a tourniquet (his first victim was stabbed to death). Gacy buried 26 of his victims in the crawl space of his home; three further victims were buried elsewhere on his property, while the bodies of his last four known victims were discarded in the Des Plaines River. Convicted of 33 murders, Gacy was sentenced to death for 12 of these killings on March 13, 1980. He spent 14 years on death row before he was executed by lethal injection at Stateville Correctional Center on May 10, 1994.

Gacy became known as the "Killer Clown" due to his charitable services at fundraising events, parades and children's parties where he would dress as "Pogo the Clown", a character he devised himself. (exert quoted from wikipedia) Signs of this disorder:

Question: What serial killer, who buried the remains of 26 of his victims in his Chicago crawl space, was known as the "Killer Clown"?
Answer: John Wayne Gacy